On open access, open science and Congress

Yesterday, I heard about a bill introduced in December in the House of Representatives entitled the "Research Works Act." The bill catalyzed an open conversation on Twitter between Tim O'Reilly and Darrell Issa about H.R. 3699.

Tim was referencing tweets to Rep. Issa by Michael Nielsen, an proponent of open science. Nielsen is also a pioneer in the field of quantum computing, which is a decent 21st century parallel for calling someone a "rocket scientist" 100 years ago.